Multiple prominent golf tournaments have been hosted at the venue including the Australian PGA Championship and Royal Fremantle Open.

In 1904, roughly twenty people who lived in the Fremantle area met regularly at His Lordship's Larder (later known as His Majesty's Hotel),[1] on the corner of Phillimore and Mouat streets, to talk about creating a golf course.

For the site of the course, the members quickly decided to use 79 hectares (196 acres) of government land that was currently being leased to cattle famers.

In early August that year, the Fremantle Municipal Council approved a loan of £500, equivalent to A$84,300 in 2022, to assist with the development of the first nine holes.

"[2] The establishment of pig wire netting was originally recommended but, in efforts to save money, the club ultimately decided to construct warning signs "that goats trespassing on the Links Reserve will be shot.

[3] Membership climbed during the first decade of the club's history but abruptly dropped during World War I.